Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2012, 3:31 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 2012, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
255 WUUS51 KBUF 101931 SVRBUF NYC013-102015- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0071.120810T1931Z-120810T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 331 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE...OR 18 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE... MAYVILLE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4216 7970 4246 7933 4221 7906 4199 7956 TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 227DEG 23KT 4214 7957 $$ APFFEL
3 follow-up statements
729 WWUS51 KBUF 101950 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 350 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012 NYC013-102015- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120810T2015Z/ CHAUTAUQUA NY- 350 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY... AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... STOCKTON... SINCLAIRVILLE... CASSADAGA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4207 7945 4221 7957 4246 7933 4221 7906 TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 227DEG 23KT 4222 7945 $$ APFFEL
958 WWUS51 KBUF 102003 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 403 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012 NYC013-102015- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120810T2015Z/ CHAUTAUQUA NY- 403 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY... AT 359 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEMUS POINT...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... STOCKTON... SINCLAIRVILLE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4211 7936 4226 7949 4246 7933 4221 7906 TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 227DEG 23KT 4223 7938 $$ APFFEL
662 WWUS51 KBUF 102014 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 414 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012 NYC013-102024- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120810T2015Z/ CHAUTAUQUA NY- 414 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT... AT 414 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IT STILL MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. LAT...LON 4211 7936 4226 7949 4246 7933 4221 7906 TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 227DEG 23KT 4228 7930 $$ APFFEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 9:08 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 10 hr | |
| Aug 9, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Aug 9, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 53 min | |
| Aug 9, 10:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 74 min |
| Aug 9, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 min | |
| Aug 10, 12:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 min | |
| Aug 10, 12:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 3:55 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 42 hr | |
| Aug 10, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 6:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 69 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.